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Pipe Organ ‘To Be Held In High Esteem’
May 19, 2005As the Second Vatican Council spoke of the value of having authentic elements in liturgy, Hamilton Smith, music director at the Cathedral of Christ the King, spoke of the value of a church having a pipe organ. While acknowledging that some parishes are unable to have one, he said a pipe organ produces pure sounds […]
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Decree of Establishment for St. Peter the Rock
May 19, 2005A DECREE OF ESTABLISHMENT The Catholic Church has been blessed with enormous growth in the area of Lamar and Upson Counties. The Missions of St. John the Baptist in Thomaston and St. Ann in Barnesville have now grown to the point where they merit establishment as parishes. It has been decided that these Missions will […]
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Memorial Mass Planned For Father Drohan
May 19, 2005A memorial Mass for the repose of the soul of Father Joseph Walter Drohan will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 25, at the Cathedral of Christ the King, 2699 Peachtree Road, NE. The celebrants for the Mass will be Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory and the priests of the Archdiocese of Atlanta. All […]
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New Priest To Be Ordained May 28
May 19, 2005On Saturday, May 28, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory will ordain Rev. Mr. Neil Joseph Herlihy to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Atlanta. All are invited to attend the ordination Mass, which will take place at 10:30 a.m. at the Cathedral of Christ the King, Atlanta. On Friday, May 27, all are invited to pray […]
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Two Missions Build One Foundation On The Rock
May 19, 2005And on this Rock two west central Georgia mission communities built their church. The rural communities of St. John the Baptist Mission, Thomaston, and St. Ann’s Mission, Barnesville, united as a parish May 1 for their first Mass in their new building named St. Peter the Rock Church, located between the two former worship sites […]
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Athens Nun Celebrates Golden Jubilee
May 19, 2005Sister Helen Marie Gates, IHM, a member of the staff at St. Joseph School, Athens, celebrated her golden jubilee on March 10. For the past 50 years, Sister Helen has faithfully lived the charism of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (IHM)—to educate with love, creative hope and fidelity. The faculty of […]
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Grey Nuns Give Statue To Parish Named For Foundress
May 19, 2005The Grey Nuns of the Sacred Heart gave a special gift to the people of St. Marguerite d’Youville Church in Lawrenceville on April 16. Sister Marlene Butler, president of the Grey Nuns, presented a statue of St. Marguerite to the parish during a 5:30 p.m. Vigil Mass at the church. St. Marguerite was the foundress […]
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Chant, Sacred Classics Reverberate Again In Parishes
May 19, 2005From the Cappella Antiqua at Holy Spirit Church, to the Archdiocesan Festival Choir, to the Cathedral of Christ the King and other parishes, Catholics around the Atlanta Archdiocese are praising God and meditating on His glory using centuries-old, traditional sacred and classical music. Albert Ahlstrom, Ph.D., music director at Holy Spirit Church, Atlanta, is one […]
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Helping Faraway Children Brings Christ Closer
May 12, 2005I could barely wait to tear into the fat envelope. As I pulled out the letter, my eyes spotted the photos of two grinning girls with dark eyes. “Come and see our children!” I called out to my husband. Well, to be precise, they are not really “ours,” but they are two little girls in […]
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What I Have Seen and Heard (May 12, 2005)
May 12, 2005“The Spirit of the Lord fills the whole world. It holds all things together and knows every word spoken by man!” The opening Antiphon for the Pentecost Mass is comforting; perhaps especially for a diocese like ours where so many people speak so many different languages and follow so many different cultures. Whenever I listen […]